Art & Logic to Work With Ubicom to Reduce Time-to-Market for Internet Device Developers; Collaboration Promotes Ease-of-Use for Market-Specific Interfaces.Business Editors/Technology Writers GLENDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2001 Art & Logic, Inc., a provider of embedded Internet engineering services, and Ubicom, Inc. (formerly Scenix), the leading supplier of Internet Processors and networking software  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . that enable ubiquitous communications, today agreed to work together to enable OEMs to bring embedded Internet devices to market faster. Many experts agree that for the embedded Internet to grow, devices must be as easy to use as a kitchen toaster See intranet toaster and Video Toaster. (jargon) toaster - 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded microprocessor controller; often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see elevator controller). . Combining the Art & Logic Advanced JavaScript Control Suite (AJCS AJCS Australian Journal of Cultural Studies AJCS American Journal of Chinese Studies AJCS American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery AJCS Aktiver Jugendclub Straubenhardt AJCS ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit ) and control interface engineering services with the Ubicom Internet Processors, an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and can tailor device interface to specific market needs, delivering a better device in less time. Art & Logic designs and develops management and control software for embedded devices. These devices include home Internet appliances, industrial controllers, medical monitoring equipment, and such infrastructure devices as media servers, bridges and gateways. Ubicom's Internet Processors are the engines that drive device communication. They are uniquely programmable and reprogrammable, eliminating costly ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. development for the OEM. Together, the two firms offer OEMs flexibility by allowing design teams to both implement and change the control software any time during development. "The control interface is critical in device communication. What good is building a device that people can't figure out how to use?" said Bulent Celebi, Ubicom's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Art & Logic brings elegance to controls for device management. We look forward to working together." Engineers at Art & Logic are trained in the technologies used in the embedded Internet. They assist in every phase of device control development, including specification writing, design, implementation, maintenance, and support of the system throughout its life. The company has delivered over twenty device management systems, most within aggressive time lines. "We continue to be excited about the growth of the embedded Internet," said Paul Hershenson, President of Art & Logic. "The programmability of Ubicom's product is a big plus, and I know Art & Logic can help their customers bring great devices to market."
The benefits of the collaboration to OEMs are:
1. Faster time-to-market
2. Increased end-user ease-of-use
3. Customized interfaces for application- or geographic-specific
markets
Art & Logic's proprietary Advanced JavaScript Control Suite for Web-based device management embodies five years of development of real-time event display, alarm monitoring, and cross-browser compatibility, and has been ported for use with Ubicom's Internet Processors. The library shortens the development time of embedded Web-based projects, while providing a low memory footprint Memory footprint refers to the amount of main memory that a program uses or references while running. This includes all sorts of active memory regions like code, static data sections (both initialized and uninitialized), heap, as well as all the stacks, plus memory required to hold , high performance, and impressive-looking displays. The core of Ubicom's technology is its high-performance, deterministic Internet Processors, which feature on-chip flash memory into which are programmed pre-built software to configure or reconfigure the chip. The processors are optimized to support communications, Internet protocols Refers to all the standards that keep the Internet running. The foundation protocol is TCP/IP, which provides the basic communications mechanism as well as ways to copy files (FTP) and send e-mail (SMTP). , and control functions that are implemented in software, thereby providing the flexible platform necessary to support a wide range of applications. Art & Logic, Inc. Established in 1991, Art & Logic, Inc. provides Web, GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. , and embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. engineering services to hardware companies throughout the world. The company was a pioneer in Web-based Device Management in 1996 and has since provided Web-based solutions for Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , Hewlett-Packard, Broadcom, Redback Networks, and others. Art & Logic can be found on the web at www.artlogic.com. Ubicom, Inc. Headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , Ubicom, Inc., enables ubiquitous communications. Ubicom is the leading supplier of Internet Processors and networking software that will connect billions of devices to the Internet. Ubicom implements communications and control functions as pre-built software modules that run on its Internet Processors. This approach reduces time to production and system cost, while providing greater flexibility, compared to traditional design approaches. Additional information on Ubicom and its products can be found on the Web at www.ubicom.com. Note to Editors: All names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or organizations. |
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